Cashew Nut Cookies

Ingredients:-

225g butter
150g fine sugar
2 egg yolks (reserve some egg whites for glazing)
1 tsp vanilla essence
300g plain flour
20g rice flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
60g ground cashewnuts, toasted
Toasted cashewnuts for decoration (half or whole)


Method :-

1) Preheat oven to 175C. Line baking tray with parchment paper.
2) Sift together plain flour, rice flour, baking powder and salt.
3) Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy.
4) Add in egg yolks and vanilla essence, beat well.
5) On low speed, add in the ground cashewnuts, mix well, followed by the flour mixture. Stop mixing once the dough comes together.
6) Roll about half tablespon of dough into a ball, place on baking tray and flatten slightly.
7) Brush the top with egg white, press a cashewnut lightly on top.
8) Bake for about 20-25 minutes till golden brown.


Notes:-

1) For variety, cashew nuts can be replaced by peanuts, almond or hazelnuts.
2) Weight each cookie dough to be about 5g to have bite size cookies.


[recipe from Kitchen Capers by coxiella]